Blu-ray Set-Top Base Now 11% Of Homes
Retailers’ deep discounting of standalone Blu-ray players during the 2009 holiday season helped push the format’s installed base to 11% of households, NPD reports.
The percentage is nearly double the 6% base the format claimed one year ago.
Also contributing to Blu-ray’s acceptance, NPD says, is broadening penetration of HDTV screens. According to NPD’s April 2010 survey, 64% of homes have a flat-panel TV, up from 61% in 2009. By NPD
Apple: One Million iPads Sold
“One million iPads in 28 days — that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in an April 30 statement. The company adds that demand for the device continues to exceed supply. With Apple launching the iPad internationally later this month, initial sales forecasts by analysts are now looking conservative. By All Things Digital
PS3 Poised For Profitability
Via CE site Engadget: Thanks to a more power-efficient graphics chip in its PlayStation 3, Sony has been able to re-engineer the console such that it will begin to realize profits from each unit sold. It’s been a long time coming for the hardware maker. According to Engadget, Sony took an initial loss of between $241 and $307 for each console it sold upon the PS3’s launch in 2006. By Engadget
Price Watch: Blu-ray Player Selling For $59.99
Sixty dollars is the new low price for entry-level Blu-ray players, according to CNET. The consumer electronics site spots a March 24 deal on Amazon.com, offering a next-to-no frills Sylvania Blu-ray set-top for $59.99. The player model does not include Netflix streaming or other advanced features, but CNET notes it is a new machine, as opposed to a factory-refurbished unit. By CNET
Blu-ray Beginning To Gain On DVD Player Market: In-Stat
High-volume shipments of Blu-ray players, most of which feature network connectivity, are finally making inroads into the broader disc player and recorder market, reports In-Stat.
By 2013, Blu-ray player shipments will still lag slightly behind the 90 million DVD player unit shipments. However, higher average selling prices will put Blu-ray player revenue at more than four times as large as DVD player revenue.
“In North America, significant price drops of Blu-ray players drove unit shipments to triple in 2009,” says Michelle Abraham, In-Stat analyst. “The cost differential between standard definition DVD and Blu-ray is becoming much smaller and new features such as IP/network connectivity are becoming increasingly important. Blu-ray is finally starting to make significant advances market.”
Recent research by In-Stat found the following:
• Shipments of network-enabled Blu-ray players/recorders will approach 80 million units by 2013.
• Eight percent of US survey respondents with at least some interest in purchasing a Blu-ray player cited cost as a barrier.
• Japan dominates the market for Blu-ray recorders, while Europe is the largest revenue market for Blu-ray players. In-Stat
NPD: Blu-ray Player Sales Up 53% During Black Friday
Consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers sacrificed some revenue to post year-over-year unit sales increases for the week including Black Friday. Total revenue for the week of Black Friday was slightly more than $2.7 billion, down 1.2% from 2008, but an improvement over the 3.4% decline noted last year. By NPD
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